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Meanings of qat in English
The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant.
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Examples for "cat"
Examples for "cat"
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However, the new results show the house cat lineage is far older.
2
The only solution to the problem was to have the cat destroyed.
3
She could tell people a talking cat lived in the government house.
4
Ask Kathy Crawford what he did to her cat three years ago.
5
At home that evening it proved to be a great cat toy.
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Sprinkle with the kit-kat chocolate and garnish with chocolate bits or strawberries.
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And for a second, Kat was sure she'd heard that voice before.
3
Kat said to Bill in the season finale and it absolutely worked.
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Palm oil is a key ingredient used in manufacturing Kit Kat bars.
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I went to the Queen and asked for her help, Kat protested.
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One demonstrator was arrested, and the militants demolished rows of khat kiosks.
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They also banned smoking and the chewing of the popular narcotic khat.
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But the typical khat user is not deterred by these alarming symptoms.
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Information on the prevalence of khat use in the general population is scarce.
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The farmers prefer to grow khat because they say it brings more money.
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You've a treat in store for you-anda mauvais quat' d'heure!
2
Ne- saw-wa-quat was the only child remaining alive of the whole family of Saw-gaw-kee.
3
If the quat cocktail were to drop below freezing, it would thicken and need to be dissolved in water.
4
While I watched them suddenly the old bird 'quat,' and ran swiftly into the hedge, followed by the rest.
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They was a big limozine tourin' car with wire wheels went through Millerstown 'bout ha'f past eight, quat' t' nine.
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Iced Rooibos Tea For a twist on this famous South African tea, try making iced rooibos tea instead of warm.
2
These African Tea Fields (cultivated by Ourselves) are "situated near the Cape of Good Hope."
Usage of qat in English
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The stimulant in qat can cause excitement, loss of appetite and euphoria.
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It is pushing to ban qat cultivation in some areas suited to grain.
3
Where would the jobs come from if qat production were stopped?
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Something in the girl's tone cut through Kerrek's qat euphoria, and he stiffened.
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Yet at Sanaa's bustling qat market, merchants shrug off talk of the unfolding water disaster.
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Neither government has managed to shut the qat markets.
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He returned to his native Melah in 1975 and is now a successful farmer of qat.
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Khat or qat is a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Craving for the mild stimulant has kept the qat trade going strong in an economy otherwise devastated by war.
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Already filling terraces across much of Yemen's mountainous north, qat is now making inroads into the plains further south.
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Yemen uses about 90 percent of its water to irrigate qat, a mild narcotic plant whose use dominates Yemeni society.
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At noon soldiers crowd the local market to buy bunches of qat, a mildly narcotic drug widely used in Yemen.
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Yet so intertwined has qat become in the social fabric of Yemen, that it has proven hard to weed out.
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People are very hard up here but qat makes things worse, said one Western diplomat who declined to be named.
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The subsidies also encourage irrigation of qat, a mild drug that pervades life in Yemen, where water is running out.
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Security officials said the U.S. couple were seized in al-Haima, an impoverished coffee- and qat-growing region that was considered fairly safe.
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